Bram Piot

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About

Active birder from the age of about 12. Lived in Belgium then on the French/Swiss border, from 2015-2020 in Dakar, Senegal, now (since March 2020) in Vientiane, Laos. Regularly travelling throughout Africa, south-east Asia and elsewhere for my work with a public health NGO, and actively recording bird sounds at my home base and during trips abroad.

From October 2014 I started using an Olympus LS-12; older recordings are all made with the RememBird device. I typically edit my recordings moderately, using Audacity (removal of lowest frequencies, clicks and background noise), and very rarely use playback.

Distant bird singing pre-dawn. Two birds were responding to each other, very low frequency barely audible booming call, repeated every 5-6 seconds. The clicks and pops are oysters popping in the mangrove. Same as XC513666 and probably XC513664.

Distant bird singing pre-dawn. Two birds were responding to each other, very low frequency barely audible booming call, repeated every 5-6 seconds. The clicks and pops are oysters popping in the mangrove. Probably same bird as XC513664.

Single note of a fairly distant bird singing pre-dawn. Seen in the area later on same day. Probably one of the two birds heard singing the following morning in same area (longer recordings: XC513666 and XC513668)

Probably same bird as XC421207, the following morning at dawn, regularly calling from day roost. Calling five times in this cut. Cf. description on HBW (which states this call is heard occasionally at night, "apparently when disturbed" and only describes the 2nd and 3rd parts of this little-known vocalisation)

One of two birds seen later leaving their day roost in dense trees on river bank, calling (singing?) at dusk, at regular intervals (ca. every 20-60 sec), heard twice on this recording. The at short kôk calls at 0:07 are also believed to be this species. Note initial soft "growl" followed by loud harsh hissing, then two dove-like rolling notes. Mostly heard about an hour before sunset and an hour after sunrise. Probably same bird as XC421210, which see for further comments. Also Guinea Baboons in background.